Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:10:00
Sunday January 14, 1996
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Koreasat 1 and 2, also known as Mugunghwa 1 and 2, were South Korean communications satellites launched by Delta-7925 rockets from Cape Canaveral. They were based on the Lockheed AS-3000 bus and carried 15 Ku-band transponders to provide TV coverage for South Korea and other Asian countries. In July 2009 Koreasat 2 was sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite as ABS 1A. ABS 1A was retired in 2015 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.
1 Payload
1,464 kilograms
Manufacturer
ULARocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 1,819 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
45th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1996
3rd
Orbital launch attempt